More than fifty years have passed since the development of optical fibers by Charles Kao in 1965. Such means of signal transmission represents one of the greatest technological advances that have been carried out in recent years. Optical fibers -which are the thickness of a human hair- are capable of guiding light so that a huge amount of information can be transmitted to very high distances, in addition to offering alternative applications that include, among others, their use in the medical, industrial or decorative fields.
In this talk, different aspects regarding the nature of light as well as the fundamentals of optical fibers will be addressed. This way, with the help of a series of visual demonstrations which will be performed through different gadgets such as laser emitters, flashlights, chromatic discs, holograms, Newton's prisms, transparent fibers, and many others, the underlying science of optical fibers will be reviewed while at the same time contemplating illustrative light-based experiments.
10/12/2019